Europe

Portuguese telecommunications firm NOS has said it is keen to explore partnerships with other Primeira Liga football clubs in the wake of its deal with reigning champions Benfica.

The Discovery Networks Norway division of international media company Discovery Communications has acquired domestic rights for the Tippeligaen, the top division of Norwegian football.

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has agreed a three-season deal for rights to Tour Cavaliada, an annual equestrian series held in the country.

Club basketball competition the British Basketball League will introduce live global streaming of its games next year through an initiative launched in partnership with sports technology company Hawk-Eye Innovations, sports broadcaster WebcastSport and pay-television broadcaster Sky.

Europeans will be able to access subscription media services based in their own country when they are “temporarily abroad,” according to proposals put forward as part of the European Commission’s digital single-market strategy.

Pan-Nordic pay-television broadcaster C More has confirmed it will launch a new golf channel in Sweden on January 1, 2016.

D8, the digital-terrestrial television channel operated by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, has acquired rights in France for the next three editions of football’s Uefa Champions League final.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC will no longer offer live coverage of tennis grand slam the Australian Open.

BeIN Media Group and digital-terrestrial television broadcaster W9 have agreed three-year extensions to their rights deals in France for American football league the NFL.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L'Équipe 21 has extended a rights deal for motor-racing’s World Rallycross Championship.

The Gaelic Athletic Association’s (GAA) Kerry County Board will propose a motion at the 2016 GAA Annual Convention to return live coverage of championship matches to free-to-air television in the Republic of Ireland.

The Scottish Professional Football League, which operates the league system in Scotland, has agreed a four-season rights deal with UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport that will lead to a major revamp for its League Cup knockout competition.

The IMG agency has acquired broadcast and digital clips rights for the English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, across 27 markets in Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.

Italian Serie A club AS Roma has partnered with digital consulting firm Omnigon to unveil what it claims to be the world’s first crowdsourced official football club website.

The Movistar Plus broadcast platform of Spanish telco Telefónica has acquired exclusive rights in Spain for football’s English Premier League.

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for media and data rights involving 34 of the UK’s premier racecourses, is to delay the announcement of its next cycle of domestic rights until the New Year, with rival commercial broadcasters ITV and Channel 4 going head-to-head, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.